While we're talking Apple bugs, my 5.1 MacBook Pro began acting up a couple
of weeks ago. Couldn't control the cursor (from the trackpad). It would
select and drag and misplace bits of code or text, stick and not let go of
what it was dragging, and have to be shut down before it would behave. For a
while.
Apple forums from October 2010 discussed the problem, and offered many
magical (and ultimately, accidental) fixes.
Turned out the battery was bulging and pushing on the trackpad from below,
keeping it clicked on. *Also* pushed out the bottom cover of the MacBook
(which I thought was the result of some battery shuffling I had done a bit
earlier).
Apple techs tell me the battery will not burst into flame, and, being 2.5
years old, needs to be be replaced in any case. So I am now running without
the battery (since 99% of my laptop usage is lying in bed with the computer
propped against my knees and the charger plugged in). Works fine.
Lithium batteries come in many (trade-secret) varieties, with complex
chemistries whose long-term behavior is becoming apparent through customer
experience. Lithium intercalated in graphite or spinel (layered-oxide)
structures is safer than free metallic lithium (evidently what was in the
variety that burst into flames). The non-aqueous electrolyte, often diethyl
carbonate or something similar, can polymerize and create layers of plastic
which, surprisingly, may actually be beneficial. Anyhow, the end result is
that I have no idea what makes MacBook batteries bulge, but when they do,
the symptom is annoyance at misbehavior of the cursor.
-- Ferren
------------------------------------------------------------
(Dr) Ferren MacIntyre 1 Chemin des Echarts
Campagne sur Aude 11260 France
42.91500N, 2.20900E +33 (0)468 748870
GMT+100
-------------------------------------------------------------
OSX 10.6.6 MacBook Pro 5,1
2.4 GHz Intel Core-2 Duo, 4 GB
(Swollen battery removed so the
trackpad will work.)
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 06:01, NISUS automatic digest system <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There are 4 messages totalling 260 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. OT: jpg or PNG? (Was: Photoshop or Preview?)
> 2. Problems with PDF generation (2)
> 3. I am Safe
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:53:23 +0200
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=DEorvar=F0ur_Dav=ED=F0sson?= <
> [log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: OT: jpg or PNG? (Was: Photoshop or Preview?)
>
> On 20.04.2011, at 09:44, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>
> >=20
> > If you use Preview to take a screenshot (File menu), you can get three =
> views:
> > * The entire screen.
> > * The window you choose.
> > * A selection you define on screen.
> > BUT -- you can save in GIF, ICNS, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Microsoft BMP, =
> Microsoft Icon, Open EXR, PDF, Photoshop, PNG, TGA, TIFF, with PNG being =
> the default.
> >=20
> > Strange, huh?
>
>
> I usually take screenshots with the keyboard shortcuts and I use Skim as =
> a PDF reader, therefore I was not aware that Preview can also take =
> screenshots! Thanks for drawing my attention to this and also for your =
> detailed explanation regarding jpg compression.
>
>
> Happy Easter to everyone!
>
>
> =DEorvar=F0ur=
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:20:32 +1000
> From: John Brownie <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Problems with PDF generation
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
> <html>
> <head>
> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
> http-equiv="Content-Type">
> <title></title>
> </head>
> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
> On Tue Apr 05 2011 11:32:36 GMT+1000 (PGT) Barbara Nostrand wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid:[log in to unmask]"
> type="cite">
> <pre wrap="">Hi again!
>
> </pre>
> <blockquote type="cite">
> <pre wrap="">Sounds like you are running into the problem introduced
> by the 10.6.7 update. The problem is the fonts. The problem is well-known,
> but I can't recall a solution at this point, apart from downgrading to
> 10.6.6 or using different fonts.
> </pre>
> </blockquote>
> <pre wrap="">
> So I was bitten by installing updates when proffered by Apple. Is there any
> relatively painless way to back off to 10.6.6 ??
> </pre>
> </blockquote>
> <br>
> Here's a work-around which replaces the ATS framework, and
> reportedly helps. If you don't like it, run the 10.6.7 updater to
> restore it to your current setup.<br>
> <br>
> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="
> https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743">
> https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743</a><br>
> <br>
> I have created a standard installation package to fix the Adobe font
> issue.<br>
> <br>
> It replaces only the affected ATS.framework binaries with the 10.6.6
> versions.<br>
> <br>
> You can get it here:<br>
> <a class="jive-link-external-small"
> href="http://azlist.info/kj/downloads/" target="_blank">Kj's
> Download Page</a><br>
> (Bottom of the green section: "FontFix10.6.7" link.)<br>
> <br>
> Kj<br>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:16:25 +1000
> From: Geoffrey Heard <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Problems with PDF generation
>
> --============_-908597506==_ma============
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
>
> I just totally wiped my HD, reinstalled X.6.6 and reinstalled all
> programs. I'll go back to X.6.7 when Apple fixes the problem but no
> before. Apple should have fixed this within days of the problem
> showing up.
>
> It's interesting reading the thread John points to -- lots of Apple
> fanboys tring to say the problems are with the fonts and/or programs
> involved. I'm not convinced. As a user of Canvas X -- it is
> astonishing that it runs almost perfectly on OS X.6.x five years
> after development stopped on it. Clearly, most (probably all) of the
> "Canvas bugs" evident in previous years were not Canvas bugs at all
> but Apple's OS X bugs which were not corrected in previous OS X
> versions, but were finally fixed in X.6.x.
>
> And now at X.6.7 we have a brand new bug! Clearly, it is Apple's bug
> and Apple should have publicly acknowledged it and thrown every
> engineer they had at it to fix it with all speed.
>
> If this bug had appeared in Windows, the Apple fanboys would have
> been howling with glee.
>
> Cheers, geoff
>
> Geoffrey Heard
> Business & Environment Writer, Editor, Publisher
> The Worsley Press
> Buy "Type & Layout: Are you communicating or just making pretty
> shapes?" -- the world's ONLY scientifically based guide to type and
> layout, and receive a free 140 page guide to advertising for small
> business: "How to make great ads for (small) business: 99 real world
> advertising ideas to kickstart *your* business today". Amazon or
> http://www.worsleypress.com
>
> At 10:20 AM +1000 23/4/11, John Brownie wrote:
> >On Tue Apr 05 2011 11:32:36 GMT+1000 (PGT) Barbara Nostrand wrote:
> >
> >>Hi again!
> >>
> >>>Sounds like you are running into the problem introduced by the
> >>>10.6.7 update. The problem is the fonts. The problem is
> >>>well-known, but I can't recall a solution at this point, apart
> >>>from downgrading to 10.6.6 or using different fonts.
> >>>
> >>
> >>So I was bitten by installing updates when proffered by Apple. Is
> >>there any relatively painless way to back off to 10.6.6 ??
> >>
> >
> >Here's a work-around which replaces the ATS framework, and
> >reportedly helps. If you don't like it, run the 10.6.7 updater to
> >restore it to your current setup.
> >
> >From:
> ><https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743>
> https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743
> >
> >I have created a standard installation package to fix the Adobe font
> issue.
> >
> >It replaces only the affected ATS.framework binaries with the 10.6.6
> versions.
> >
> >You can get it here:
> ><http://azlist.info/kj/downloads/>Kj's Download Page
> >(Bottom of the green section: "FontFix10.6.7" link.)
> >
> >Kj
>
> --============_-908597506==_ma============
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
>
> <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!--
> blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
> --></style><title>Re: Problems with PDF
> generation</title></head><body>
> <div>I just totally wiped my HD, reinstalled X.6.6 and reinstalled all
> programs. I'll go back to X.6.7 when Apple fixes the problem but no
> before. Apple should have fixed this within days of the problem
> showing up.</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>It's interesting reading the thread John points to -- lots of
> Apple fanboys tring to say the problems are with the fonts and/or
> programs involved. I'm not convinced. As a user of Canvas X -- it is
> astonishing that it runs almost perfectly on OS X.6.x five years after
> development stopped on it. Clearly, most (probably all) of the
> "Canvas bugs" evident in previous years were not Canvas bugs
> at all but Apple's OS X bugs which were not corrected in previous OS X
> versions, but were finally fixed in X.6.x.</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>And now at X.6.7 we have a brand new bug! Clearly, it is Apple's
> bug and Apple should have publicly acknowledged it and thrown every
> engineer they had at it to fix it with all speed.</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>If this bug had appeared in Windows, the Apple fanboys would have
> been howling with glee.</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>Cheers, geoff</div>
> <div><br>
> Geoffrey Heard<br>
> Business & Environment Writer, Editor, Publisher<br>
> The Worsley Press<br>
> Buy "Type & Layout: Are you communicating or just making
> pretty shapes?" -- the world's ONLY scientifically based guide to
> type and layout, and receive a free 140 page guide to advertising for
> small business: "How to make great ads for (small) business: 99
> real world advertising ideas to kickstart *your* business today".
> Amazon or http://www.worsleypress.com</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>At 10:20 AM +1000 23/4/11, John Brownie wrote:</div>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite>On Tue Apr 05 2011 11:32:36 GMT+1000
> (PGT) Barbara Nostrand wrote:<br>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>Hi again!<br>
> </tt>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt>Sounds like you are running into the
> problem introduced by the 10.6.7 update. The problem is the fonts. The
> problem is well-known, but I can't recall a solution at this point,
> apart from downgrading to 10.6.6 or using different fonts.</tt><br>
> </blockquote>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><br>
> So I was bitten by installing updates when proffered by Apple. Is
> there any relatively painless way to back off to 10.6.6 ??</tt><br>
> </blockquote>
> </blockquote>
> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br>
> Here's a work-around which replaces the ATS framework, and reportedly
> helps. If you don't like it, run the 10.6.7 updater to restore it to
> your current setup.<br>
> <br>
> From: <a
> href="https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743"
> >https://discussions.apple.com/message/13374743#13374743</a><br>
> <br>
> I have created a standard installation package to fix the Adobe font
> issue.<br>
> <br>
> It replaces only the affected ATS.framework binaries with the 10.6.6
> versions.<br>
> <br>
> You can get it here:<br>
> <a href="http://azlist.info/kj/downloads/">Kj's Download Page</a><br>
> (Bottom of the green section: "FontFix10.6.7" link.)<br>
> <br>
> Kj</blockquote>
> <div><br></div>
> </body>
> </html>
> --============_-908597506==_ma============--
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:53:36 -0500
> From: "William F. Maddock" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: I am Safe
>
> Boy oh boy! I thought our turn was a couple of nights ago, but St. Louis
> just got NAILED tonight. A powerful tornado just ripped through parts of
> north and northwest county (I live in far south county, and am safe, if
> still a little shook up; a second tornado passed by to the south). There is
> a LOT of damage. We will not have a clue how much until morning. Interstates
> 70 and 270 are both completely shut down in places because of damage from
> the storms. Lambert International Airport suffered a direct hit from the
> tornado. The airport is completely shut down, having suffered a great deal
> of damage. Some parts of the county seem to have been almost completely
> wiped out. Just going by the news reports it looks really bad.
>
> As I said, though, I am safe. Down here we missed most of the action, and
> just got a lot of rain.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of NISUS Digest - 21 Apr 2011 to 22 Apr 2011 (#2011-6)
> **********************************************************
>
|
